Secretariat infection count rises to 89

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Bhopal:22.11.2020

The number of Covid positive cases in the secretariat rose to 89 on Friday. Employees of 25 departments of the secretariat have been infected due to coronavirus so far. The 89 positive cases so far also include senior bureaucrats.

In the fresh cases, employees of a higher education department and an assistant grade II employee have tested Covid positive. The month-wise trend of employees getting positive in the secretariat points the rate of employees getting Covid positive slightly went down in October. But started rising again in November, like in the state.

July witnessed the maximum Covid positive cases in the secretariat with 22 cases in the month. September witnessed second-highest number of Covid positives with 20 people testing positive.

First Covid positive case was reported in May in the secretariat. Only one positive case was found in May. In June, the number of positive cases rose to 8 while it shot to 22 in July. Eight employees were found positive in August and 20 in September. Over 12 employees tested positive in October and over 18 so far this month. If the rate continues, the month would see the highest positive in the secretariat so far.

Almost all the big departments have witnessed Covid positive cases. The departments in which positives have been found in all three Vallabh Bhavan buildings are commercial taxes department, urban administration department, energy department, CM secretariat, health department, finance department, law department, medical education, home department, transport department, forest department, panchayat department, science and technology department, general administration department, technical education, Ayush department, sports, parliamentary work department, planning, economics & Statistics, food and civil supplies, higher education department and mining besides staffers in different ministers’ office in the secretariat and horticulture and food processing department.

Of the total found corona positives in Vallabh Bhavan buildings including I, II and III, two employees have lost lives due to Covid so far. Vallabh Bhavan II building had witnessed more than half of the total positive found employees in the secretariat so far. The same building houses offices of chief minister and chief secretary.

Employees of a higher education department and an assistant grade II employee have tested Covid positive on Saturday